Point process models for fine-resolution rainfall;Modèles ponctuels pour la pluie à échelle fine

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1972-1991

  Kaczmarska, Jo ^a   Isham, Valerie ^a   Onof, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bartlett Lewis models; fine scale; Poisson cluster processes; rainfall; stochastic models; sub hourly

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; RAIN; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CLUSTERING MECHANISM; FINE-SCALE; LEWIS MODEL; MODEL EXTENSIONS; POISSON CLUSTER PROCESS; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL MODELS; SUB-HOURLY;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POISSON RATIO; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; STOCHASTICITY;

GERMANY;

EID: 84907819022     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2014.925558     Document Type: Article

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